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DonViejo

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Sat Dec 30, 2017, 12:58 PM Dec 2017

Two men arrested in the horrific murder of a lesbian family [View all]

Source: LGBTQ Nation


James White (left) and Justin Mann Troy Police Department



By Alex Bollinger · Saturday, December 30, 2017

Police announced early this morning that two men were arrested for a quadruple homicide that claimed the lives of a lesbian couple and their two kids.

Justin C. Mann, 24, and James White, 38, both face four charges of first- and second-degree murder. They have both entered pleas of not guilty.

Shanta Myers, 36, her two children Shanise, 5, and Jeremiah, 11, and her partner Brandi Mells, 22, were found dead in their home in Troy, New York, the day after Christmas. Investigators believe they were killed the previous Thursday, December 21.


From left: Shanise Myers, Jeremiah Myers, Brandi Mells, and Shanta Myers

Their family got worried when they didn’t answer the phone, so they asked the property manager to check on them. Police arrived to find the four bound with their throats slit.







Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/12/two-men-arrested-horrific-murder-lesbian-family/

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Thank goodness and I hope they get quick and fair trial with appropriately multiple life with no ... marble falls Dec 2017 #1
They should be tried not only for hate crimes - but as TERRORISTS! JohnQFunk Dec 2017 #2
That would be injustice n/t Jeroen Dec 2017 #4
Why? uppityperson Dec 2017 #15
The policy are still still searching for a motive Jeroen Dec 2017 #18
I agree. bitterross Dec 2017 #13
Oh agree, this is absolutely terrorism! Initech Dec 2017 #14
Give them a fair trial & throw away the key. nt 7962 Dec 2017 #3
99% of the time I oppose the death penalty. NickB79 Dec 2017 #5
The age difference between the two suspects melman Dec 2017 #6
Any hint of a motive? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2017 #7
Could be the ex-partner of one of them or the father of the kids. meadowlander Dec 2017 #12
Some type of jealous rage. alphafemale Dec 2017 #17
Good 'Christian' men who believe in death to homosexuals - from the Bible? keithbvadu2 Dec 2017 #8
I think we can be pretty sure this had nothing to do with religion melman Dec 2017 #9
Why? uppityperson Dec 2017 #16
no, we cannot be sure Skittles Dec 2017 #20
A lot of projection going on here RhodeIslandOne Dec 2017 #21
Give them life in prison with no chance of Parole......... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2017 #10
Now they're saying the younger suspect was friends with the younger adult victim melman Dec 2017 #11
2 men charged in deaths of women, children found in home Judi Lynn Dec 2017 #19
How about we wait until we know more? potone Dec 2017 #22
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